What Does the Vireos Eat?

Mostly insects, some berries. Feeds mainly on insects. In summer, over one-third of diet may be caterpillars, moths, and butterflies; also eats true bugs, scale insects, aphids, leafhoppers, beetles, sawflies, tree crickets, dragonflies, cicadas, and others. Will also eat various berries, especially in fall.

Do vireos eat seeds?

Yellow-throated Vireos primarily eat insects and spiders such as butterflies, moths, stinkbugs, scale insects, leafhoppers, beetles, flies, and bees. They also eat fruits and seeds on occasion.

What do red eyed vireos eat?

Mostly insects; also berries. In summer feeds mainly on insects, including caterpillars, moths, beetles, wasps, bees, ants, bugs, flies, walkingsticks, cicadas, treehoppers, scale insects; also some snails and spiders.